Black Friday in the UK is the Friday before Christmas. Instead of shopping, many people get very drunk!
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The Queen and her husband are both great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria.
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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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Hoover vacuum cleaners were so popular in the UK that many people now refer to vacuuming as hoovering.
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English sailors were referred to as "limeys" because sailors added lime juice to their diet to combat scurvy.
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In 2015, Britain will ban smoking in cars carrying children.
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When Prince William becomes king, he will be the forty-fourth monarch since William the Conqueror who was crowned in 1066.
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The sun sets on 24 December at 3.55pm in the UK, and rises the following morning at 8.05am.
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